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2024 Formula One World Championship
2024 Singapore Grand Prix
Round 18
Marina Bay Street Circuit
Marina Bay, Singapore
Sunday, 22 September 2024
Charles Leclerc will be determined to register his third victory of the season by winning this weekend's
Singapore Grand Prix.
Most recent race
The Ferrari driver secured a podium spot at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on 15 September, the most recent race in the 2024 Formula One World Championship season.
Leclerc started on the first grid, but he slipped up which saw him finishing second and collecting 18 points from the event staged in Baku.
Formula One title ambitions
The 2016 GP3 Series champion remains third on the World Drivers' Championship standings having accumulated 235 points.
Leclerc is now 78 points behind leader, Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing and 19 points behind second-placed Lando Norris of McLaren.
Why Leclerc could win the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix
The 2020 Lorenzo Bandini Trophy winner has now secured podium spots in four consecutive races in the current season including a win at the Italian Grand Prix.
Leclerc, who has finished second in the Singapore Grand Prix twice in 2019 and 2022, will be eager to win the race for the first time this weekend.
What did he say?
"We lost the victory based on two factors today. The first was tyre management on our out-lap from the pits," Leclerc said after finishing second at the 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
"We expected it to take a long time for everyone to warm up their tyres, which was the case for our car, but not at all for McLaren, who got their tyres up to temperature immediately and gained a big amount of time there.
"The second was not fighting Oscar harder when he overtook. I knew we had a long race ahead and my target was to look after my tyres, stay within DRS range and overtake him later down the line," he added.
"However, we underestimated the speed they had on the straights today, running a lower downforce package than us, which made them too fast to attempt to overtake them.Overall, it wasn’t the best day for our team, but we now head to Singapore and will come back stronger."
2023 Singapore Grand Prix results
Winner: Carlos Sainz Jr - Ferrari
Runner-Up: Lando Norris - McLaren
Third-Place: Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
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